• Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    i am on a phone. i did not press any extra keys to make my phone not do caps - this is because i have changed my phone to this, because when you write about technical things, capitalisation is important - lower case everything is lower case everything. i’m not about to start hitting an extra key at random times when this is perfectly fine. i’ve never had an issue reading all lower case

    it’s not try-hard; it’s practical for people who work with tech

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        9 hours ago

        personally, no i don’t. perhaps it’s because i skim a lot of code and im just used to it? i’m not sure, but honest truth i find capitals mostly redundant. perhaps useful to add context (names, acronyms, etc)… i add them for uncommon acronyms, but common things that people know i tend to skip too

        you can say it’s lazy, and i’ll absolutely take that: it’s totally lazy… but there’s no weird effort or external image decision involved in it?

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          5 hours ago

          It’s just an extra convention to help communication. But I don’t buy your lazy argument because:-

          • it is often performed automatically

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          • you take the time and effort to enhance your communications with punctuation and paragraphs.
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            4 hours ago

            Both of the reasons you’ve provided are nonsensical:

            • It isn’t performed automatically if you disable it, and they did (and explained why)
            • They said they don’t believe capitalization aids with clarity. They didn’t express the same opinion about punctuation and paragraph breaks.
            • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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              2 hours ago

              It is irrelevant that they don’t believe capitalization aids with clarity.

              Communication is about what other people prefer, not what you personally like. And they obviously do want to communicate well